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Polerouter Sub

Hi, This my first time on any forum so apologies in advance. I have been drooling over the original post of February 27, 2009. In particular  the second Polerouter Sub pictured with the original metal bracelet. Guess what? I recently found and bought one! It needs a bit of work. A couple of the links in the expansion ORIGINAL UG bracelet are stretched but my watchmaker has found a guy who does this precision restoration work and it is now under way. The case is fine and the cal 69 movement has been overhauled. I managed to obtain two NOS crowns to replace the odd pair that were in place. Now the problems. I need a new crystal/plexi. Can anyone give me some advice where I might get something suitable? NOS preferred but already a few miracles used up. Worst of all - some previous owner hand painted parts of the dial and inner rotating bezel. I have had my watchmaker contact a re-dialer who does excellent work but he cannot machine print lume. Any NOS dials? Can any experts confirm to me that the hour dots and rectangles on the dial are in fact lume or are they conventionally machine painted? All help greatly appreciated. I will post some pics when this beauty finally comes together. Thanks for allowing my indulgence and enthusiasm.

Cheers from Sydney, Australia